... volume, as if I was being forced to watch a Sky advert over and over again. Only at the end, when Sevilla, Liverpool and Flamengo took the podium (the drivers were pretty much always identified by team ...

... wins it for the third successive year or five times overall. Both criteria were fulfilled for the first time in the UEFA Cup by Sevilla last season. And while half a dozen clubs currently have their own ...

Early years were marred by cancellations and low crowds
11 August ~ If Champions League holders Barcelona defeat Europa League holders Sevilla tonight, they will equal AC Milan’s record of five Super ...

... s League final between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid was forewarned in the quarters of this season's Europa League when Sevilla defeated cross-town opponents Real Betis.
By comparison Sevilla's semi-f ...

... have been horrid recent seasons. Both Valencia in 2004 and Sevilla (twice, against Middlesbrough in 2006 and a year later against another Spanish team, Espanyol) won the competition when it was still calle ...

... were trailing Benfica and Sporting in the league when their hapless coach Fonseca was replaced in March by B-team coach Luís Castro, though he has fared little better. The team capitulated to Sevilla ...

Tension between Betis and Sevilla has cooled
11 March ~ Although the two teams in Seville are not having the best of seasons, the Andalusian capital will become the sixth city ever to host a European ...

... iers but now it could be Gutiérrez and either Jackson Martínez (Porto) or Carlos Bacca (Sevilla), both of whom have featured regularly in the national team. A new addition to the squad could be the young V ...

... k relegations in 2012 and 2013 (their centenary year) and now they top their Segunda B group. Knocking out Sevilla in the previous round of the cup didn't hide huge mismanagement behind the scenes, and ...

... he ground were - by contrast - united in joy.
Worst ~ Sevilla president José Maria Del Nido finally being forced to step down - almost two years after he had been convicted of the "misappropriation" ( ...

... on was just a means to pick up one last big contract in Mexico or Asia.
Del Bosque has rarely travelled to watch games in England or Germany so while Alberto Moreno (Sevilla), Koke (Atlético Madrid) ...

... Adrián, who joined West Ham, or midfielder Jose Canas, who chose Swansea. Fulham offered Fernando Amorebieta a salary Athletic Bilbao would not or could not match. Sevilla raised cash by selling third-choic ...

New rules for collective TV rights
30 July ~ Sevilla president José Maria del Nido once memorably described it as "the biggest pile of junk in Europe". Indeed no league is in the same financial strait ...

... an Cup at all. It usually takes around four decades – Bayern won Germany's first European Cup in 1974.
Real Madrid's 1955-60 domination of the tournament included defeats of Barcelona, Atlético Madrid ...

... in their academy. Having initially trained with Sevilla and Almería, Real offered a three-week trial which resulted in an initial 12-month deal in 2009 and tuition at a private school situated near the trai ...

Champions League is only aim this season
13 February ~ You might think Real Madrid's season so far has been an absolute disaster. Last season's La Liga champions have already lost at Getafe, Sevill ...